General Comments:

Finding and replacing the fuel filter was very hard. Hoping if you do this, you find a friend with long arms. Just take out the air intake system.

Fixing the pipe leading into the heating core pipe was only $50, but the time to take it out and the extreme patience to put it back in were priceless.

Car doesn't shake anymore, replaced the fuel filter and replaced the stabilizer bar, wondering which one of the two helps more, but car almost never shakes anymore. Hope this helps with other people's problems.

2000 Ford Escort ZX2 S/R 2.0 from North America

Summary:

Greatest thing since sliced bread!

Faults:

I have had 0 problems other than normal maintenance; tires, oil changes, wipers, etc.

General Comments:

My wife saw the car on the road and said what is that? I seen it was an Escort and went directly to a dealership. Ask at four dealers and they told me NO such car. This is the most fun I have ever had. Glad I persevered and found my yellow s/r. I like my 2009 MKS, but love my S/R.

2000 Ford Escort ZX2 from North America

Summary:

This is a car that is inexpensive, looks sharp, and can be depended on

Faults:

The air conditioner died early on right after the warranty was up (of course), but the Ford dealership fixed it at no charge.

I did have one of the belts break, but got that fixed.

Now, mine has the vibration that everyone has talked about, but my mechanic found that it was because 3 motor mounts were cracked. While waiting to save the money for the repair, I would put the car in neutral while at a light and the vibrating decreased dramatically.

General Comments:

Overall, I have been very happy with the car. I wish the tires were a size that was a bit less expensive. I had a Celica before and those tires could be bought cheaper.

I love the look of the car: it's a 2000 model, and I hate the grill on the new ones... anyway, the car was inexpensive and I have been very satisfied.